Revolutionary situation

Japanese: 革命的状況 - かくめいてきじょうきょう
Revolutionary situation


[The Political Process of Revolution]
The direct triggers of revolution are war (especially defeat), depression, and the failure of the ruling class, but behind these are situations in which tensions, conflicts, and strife between social classes and strata have increased, and the old social and political order has collapsed in whole or in part. This is called a "revolutionary situation." In this situation, the social foundations of the old political power are altered and shaken, and its ethical legitimacy and social validity are lost, so that the ruling class often resorts to naked violence to suppress the revolutionary upsurge of the masses.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "revolutionary situations" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[革命の政治過程]
 革命の直接的きっかけとなるのは,戦争(とくに敗戦),恐慌,統治階級の大失敗などであるが,その背後にあるのは,社会諸階級や諸階層の間の緊張・対立・抗争が高まり,旧社会,政治秩序が全体的にあるいは部分的に崩壊するという状況である。これを〈革命的状況〉という。この状況においては,旧政治権力の社会的基盤は変質・動揺し,その倫理的正当性と社会的妥当性は失われ,そのため支配層は大衆の革命的高揚を抑圧するためにむき出しの暴力に訴えることが多い。…

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